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WhatsApp changes the way you listen to voice messages with a new function

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WhatsApp is planning a really big change in Messenger that will actually have a positive effect on the use of voice messages. Especially when you get very long voice messages, the global player will make a big difference. WhatsApp gets global voice message player Voice messages in WhatsApp are both a blessing and a curse. You're happy when you don't have to type a long message and can hear the other person's voice instead of having to read a long text. But sometimes the voice messages are so long that you want to be on the go in Messenger. So far it has been the case that the voice message stops when you leave the chat window in which you are listening to the voice message and want to take a look at other chats. That is exactly what is changing now. The WhatsApp experts at WABetaInfo have now found out that a big change is pending. With the global player for voice messages, you can start listening to voice messages in a chat and exit the chat window to browse other W

WhatsApp: You can hide with a new function

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WhatsApp is gradually integrating new functions that make your life with Messenger easier. This time it's about your privacy. With a new function, WhatsApp will protect them more strongly and allow you not to have to show your profile picture to every contact. WhatsApp: Profile picture can soon be hidden individually WhatsApp's privacy is important to its users, so more and more functions are being integrated in this direction . We recently reported that you will soon be able to hide your "last online" status from individual people. In this way you can protect yourself from individual people who are persecuting you. Exactly the same function is now also being developed for the profile picture (source: WABetaInfo). So far it has been the case in WhatsApp that you can show your profile picture to everyone, your own contacts and nobody. In the future it will be so that you can also choose "My contacts except ...". So you can individually determine who you s

Stiftung Warentest recommends three WhatsApp settings that should be changed

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Stiftung Warentest took a closer look at the WhatsApp Messenger and recommends changing three settings. We have checked the recommendations and estimate how useful the suggestions really are. Stiftung Warentest: These settings should be changed on WhatsApp At Stiftung Warentest, they have pre-buttoned the WhatsApp messenger and give recommendations on how to create a little more privacy. Many users are somewhat careless with the data and information provided via the messenger. Stiftung Warentest is now drawing attention to this and is naming three WhatsApp settings that everyone should change. Profile picture : When setting up WhatsApp, you not only enter your name, but usually also upload a profile picture of yourself. From this point on, however, this is exactly what anyone who has their own number can see, not just their own contacts. To change that, go to "Account and data protection" in the settings. There you select the item "Profile picture" and have thr

WhatsApp: With a new function you can hide

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WhatsApp is gradually integrating new functions that make your life with Messenger easier. This time it's about your privacy. With a new function, WhatsApp will protect them more strongly and allow you not to have to show your profile picture to every contact. WhatsApp: Profile picture can soon be hidden individually WhatsApp's privacy is important to its users, so more and more functions are being integrated in this direction . We recently reported that you will soon be able to hide your "last online" status from individual people. In this way you can protect yourself from individual people who are persecuting you. Exactly the same function is now also being developed for the profile picture (source: WABetaInfo). So far it has been the case in WhatsApp that you can show your profile picture to everyone, your own contacts and nobody. In the future it will be so that you can also choose "My contacts except ...". So you can individually determine who you s

WhatsApp alternatives: the 13 best messengers (iOS & Android)

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Despite constant criticism, WhatsApp is still the top dog among messengers. There is no lack of alternatives, but there is a willingness to install another app. Many WhatsApp alternatives offer safer chats, extended functions or very special features. We'll show you the 13 top alternatives for WhatsApp, which you can either use alongside WhatsApp or even as a complete replacement. WhatsApp has been part of Facebook since February 2014, so some users worry about their privacy. Especially since the service can be used completely free of charge and the green messenger has to be financed so differently - and is now taking clear steps. We'll show you the best messengers, regardless of whether you are looking for an inexpensive alternative, a particularly secure and therefore encrypted replacement or simply an overview of what the messenger market has to offer. Conversations As far as security is concerned, the Jabber / XMPP client Conversations is ideal - unfortunately not when i

Leave WhatsApp: The free Android app automatically informs your contacts

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If you want to leave WhatsApp and don't feel like notifying all your contacts manually, you can use a free Android app for this. Especially after the introduction of the new terms of use and the major outage, WhatsApp alternatives have become much more popular. WhatsApp: automatically inform contacts about changes Not everyone wants to bow to WhatsApp's new terms of use or wants to be prepared for the next Messenger failure. So that you don't have to manually notify all contacts, there is the free Android app Watomatic. There you can set that when a WhatsApp contact writes to you, you automatically send him a message telling him which messenger you are on now . This also works in groups. You can also use this function to temporarily inform people that you can also be reached with an alternative messenger, should WhatsApp fail again. Having an alternative doesn't mean you have to switch completely. But you can change from time to time. If Facebook fails, WhatsApp

WhatsApp: New feature changes how you listen to voice messages

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WhatsApp is planning a really big change in Messenger that will actually have a positive effect on the use of voice messages. Especially when you get very long voice messages, the global player will make a big difference. WhatsApp gets global voice message player Voice messages in WhatsApp are both a blessing and a curse. You're happy when you don't have to type a long message and can hear the other person's voice instead of having to read a long text. But sometimes the voice messages are so long that you want to be on the go in Messenger. So far it has been the case that the voice message stops when you leave the chat window in which you are listening to the voice message and want to take a look at other chats. That is exactly what is changing now. The WhatsApp experts at WABetaInfo have now found out that a big change is pending. With the global player for voice messages, you can start listening to voice messages in a chat and exit the chat window to browse other W

WhatsApp surprisingly turns off blue ticks - with good reason

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An important innovation has been quietly introduced in WhatsApp, which concerns the blue tick as read confirmation for messages. Many have already noticed the problem, but the change actually only implements something that was long overdue. WhatsApp turns off blue ticks for voice messages Perhaps some of you have already noticed. An important change has been quietly made to WhatsApp . Up until now, blue ticks were always displayed for voice messages as soon as the message was received and listened to. In this way, the sender could see directly whether the recipient had listened to the message - even if the read receipts were actually deactivated . That is exactly what has now changed . WhatsApp has not completely switched off the blue tick for voice messages, but has equated them with normal messages. Accordingly, what applies to text messages now applies to voice messages. If you have deactivated the read receipt with the blue tick, you will no longer receive a read receipt from

WhatsApp: The new function simply makes you invisible

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Sometimes it's the little features that you lack in the daily use of WhatsApp, but which have a huge impact on your own life. The "last online" status is just such a function that will soon receive an important innovation. You will soon be able to make yourself invisible to selected people - and they won't even notice it. WhatsApp: "Last online" status is expanded Update from October 3rd, 2021: WhatsApp has now indirectly confirmed that the function to expand the "last online" status is being carried out . A tweet suggests that the function that only makes you invisible to certain people will actually soon be implemented. Original article: WhatsApp gives you the option to see when a contact was last online. This can become a problem in certain situations , which is why you can choose whether everyone on WhatsApp is allowed to receive this information or only your own contacts. But even that is often not enough, because sometimes you don'

WhatsApp: The new function simply makes you invisible

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Sometimes it's the little features that you lack in the daily use of WhatsApp, but which have a huge impact on your own life. The "last online" status is just such a function that will soon receive an important innovation. You will soon be able to make yourself invisible to selected people - and they won't even notice it. WhatsApp: "Last online" status is expanded Update from October 3rd, 2021: WhatsApp has now indirectly confirmed that the function to expand the "last online" status is being carried out . A tweet suggests that the function that only makes you invisible to certain people will actually soon be implemented. Original article: WhatsApp gives you the option to see when a contact was last online. This can become a problem in certain situations , which is why you can choose whether everyone on WhatsApp is allowed to receive this information or only your own contacts. But even that is often not enough, because sometimes you don'

WhatsApp surprisingly turns off blue ticks - with good reason

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An important innovation has been quietly introduced in WhatsApp, which concerns the blue tick as read confirmation for messages. Many have already noticed the problem, but the change actually only implements something that was long overdue. WhatsApp turns off blue ticks for voice messages Perhaps some of you have already noticed. An important change has been quietly made to WhatsApp . Up until now, blue ticks were always displayed for voice messages as soon as the message was received and listened to. In this way, the sender could see directly whether the recipient had listened to the message - even if the read receipts were actually deactivated . That is exactly what has now changed . WhatsApp has not completely switched off the blue tick for voice messages, but has equated them with normal messages. Accordingly, what applies to text messages now applies to voice messages. If you have deactivated the read receipt with the blue tick, you will no longer receive a read receipt from

For WhatsApp and Co .: These are the new emojis for 2021

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This year, fans and everyday users alike had to wait longer for new emojis. It is now known which emotions, pictures and symbols, which were previously impossible, we will soon be able to send via WhatsApp and Co. But there is one catch. It's that time again, the new emojis for messengers such as WhatsApp, Signal and Co. are officially ready. We finally know exactly what to expect. Only when the pictures and faces will make it onto smartphones and tablets worldwide has not yet been conclusively clarified. For WhatsApp and Co .: In 2021, emojis will be all about diversity First of all: New motifs await us with the fresh emojis, but a lot will already look familiar to you - and that's no wonder. The current new edition of the emoticons obviously attaches great importance to diversity. Accordingly, well-known symbols in particular have been revised and now offer more choice, for example with regard to the smiley skin color (source: Emojipedia). In addition, some new releases

For WhatsApp and Co .: These are new emojis for 2021

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This year, fans and everyday users alike had to wait longer for new emojis. It is now known which emotions, pictures and symbols, which were previously impossible, we will soon be able to send via WhatsApp and Co. But there is one catch. It's that time again, the new emojis for messengers such as WhatsApp, Signal and Co. are officially ready. We finally know exactly what to expect. Only when the pictures and faces will make it onto smartphones and tablets worldwide has not yet been conclusively clarified. For WhatsApp and Co .: In 2021, emojis will be all about diversity First of all: New motifs await us with the fresh emojis, but a lot will already look familiar to you - and that's no wonder. The current new edition of the emoticons obviously attaches great importance to diversity. Accordingly, well-known symbols in particular have been revised and now offer more choice, for example with regard to the smiley skin color (source: Emojipedia). In addition, some new releases

WhatsApp confirms a new function that makes you invisible

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Sometimes it's the little features that you lack in the daily use of WhatsApp, but which have a huge impact on your own life. The "last online" status is just such a function that will soon receive an important innovation. You will soon be able to make yourself invisible to selected people - and they won't even notice it. WhatsApp: "Last online" status is expanded Update from 09/30/2021: WhatsApp has now indirectly confirmed that the function will be carried out with the extension of the "Last online" status . A tweet suggests that the function that only makes you invisible to certain people will actually soon be implemented. Original article: WhatsApp gives you the option to see when a contact was last online. This can become a problem in certain situations , which is why you can choose whether everyone on WhatsApp is allowed to receive this information or only your own contacts. But even that is often not enough, because sometimes you don&

What is WhatsApp Gold? Beware of the "update"

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The "WhatsApp Gold Update" lures with many new functions that the original Messenger did not yet have, more stickers, emojis and so much more. But what is really true about the supposed premium edition? Here at xiaomist you can find out why it is better not to install the alternative WhatsApp version. First of all: do not install this app on your smartphone or tablet! And advise against others who send you the link to WhatsApp Gold Edition. Behind the supposed premium messenger are again only fraudsters who play with the gullibility of WhatsApp fans. In the following, we will tell you what will happen to you when you install the WhatsApp Gold Edition. What is WhatsApp Gold? WhatsApp Gold is actually supposed to be an improved version of the popular messenger that boasts many new functions. At least that's what the fraudsters claim ... The gold edition of the messenger is said to have been available exclusively to celebrities and only came to the public through a leak

WhatsApp: Blue hook trick reveals more in group chats

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There is a little trick in WhatsApp that affects read receipts with blue ticks and that you should definitely know. This gives you important information about the group members, which you could certainly use every now and then. WhatsApp provides more information in group chats with a blue tick Just recently, WhatsApp made a big change to voice messages and the blue tick. Now there is a new trick that also revolves around the blue hooks, but this time in group chats. Not many users know this, because it is relatively hidden. This can be used to find out which member of a group received and read your message and when . To find out which group member has read a message from you in the chat, you have to mark your message with a longer touch and then go to the circled i at the top. You will then be shown the message information. There is not only your message that you sent in this group chat, but also all members of the group are listed with picture, name and time when the WhatsApp mess

{Disarmed} WhatsApp: Support for many Android phones will end in November

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As of November, WhatsApp will no longer be available on a number of Android smartphones. Due to constant updates, some old phones can no longer keep up and can no longer support these new functions. And then the WhatsApp support is over. As is now the case with many models. WhatsApp is available for devices with Android 4.0.4 or higher. From November 1st, however, this will no longer be sufficient, then any device with an older version will lose the ability to update. Presumably a new version of WhatsApp will be rolled out that day. On WhatsApp you can read that at least Android 4.1 or higher must be installed as a prerequisite for installing or updating the messenger on Android. And so there is no support for the following models: Samsung Galaxy Galaxy Trend Lite, Galaxy Trend II, Galaxy SII, Galaxy S3 mini, Galaxy Xcover 2, Galaxy Core and Galaxy Ace 2. LGLucid 2, Optimus Prime F7, Optimus F5, Optimus L3 II Dual, Optimus Prime F5, Optimus L5, Optimus L5 II, Optimus L5 Dual

WhatsApp: vulnerability in multi-device support is fixed

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WhatsApp recently released a new function with which you can use the messenger on up to five devices at the same time. It is now known that WhatsApp will remove one of the major drawbacks of this feature. WhatsApp will soon be usable on several smartphones at the same time For some time now, it has been possible to join the multi-device beta on WhatsApp. Users can already use the messenger on several devices at the same time. So far it has been the case that you have to use a smartphone as the main device . In addition, you can then, for example, activate a tablet and desktop PC and receive the same messages everywhere via one account. It is now known that this strict requirement will soon be removed. The WhatsApp experts from WABetaInfo have now learned that smartphones can also be activated for additional use with a number in the future. In the end, this means that you can use a main smartphone to activate and use a second smartphone with the same WhatsApp number , even though

WhatsApp: Use of the messenger will soon be rewarded

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WhatsApp wants to become more attractive for companies and earn money with it. So that the users of the messenger also benefit from it, a function has been integrated that will save money in the future when shopping via WhatsApp. WhatsApp tests the cashback function If you want to save money while shopping, look for vouchers, discounts or good deals beforehand. Another possibility is to be added in the future. WhatsApp is currently testing a cashback function. Just like with a classic cashback campaign from manufacturers, you are rewarded for the purchase directly via the messenger and get something back of the purchase value or an additional discount for the next purchase. The exact details are not yet known. It is clear, however, that WhatsApp not only wants to bring companies into the messenger in order to make communication with users more direct, but also to enable certain offers only in WhatsApp. The big advantage in Messenger is that you can reach people directly . You don&

WhatsApp: Vulnerability in multi-device support is fixed

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WhatsApp recently released a new function with which you can use the messenger on up to five devices at the same time. It is now known that WhatsApp will remove one of the major drawbacks of this feature. WhatsApp will soon be usable on several smartphones at the same time For some time now, it has been possible to join the multi-device beta on WhatsApp. Users can already use the messenger on several devices at the same time. So far it has been the case that you have to use a smartphone as the main device . In addition, you can then, for example, activate a tablet and desktop PC and receive the same messages everywhere via one account. It is now known that this strict requirement will soon be removed. The WhatsApp experts from WABetaInfo have now learned that smartphones can also be activated for additional use with a number in the future. In the end, this means that you can use a main smartphone to activate and use a second smartphone with the same WhatsApp number , even though